Subsequent albums, Cerco Tiempo (1996) and Corto Circuito (1998), included new styles like drum 'n bass and trip hop. Curre Curre Guaglio was self-produced, but rose from its underground status to become an iconic album and cultural manifesto that eventually inspired the film Sud by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores.
After several minor roles, in the 1990s Catania started obtaining more significant roles, in films directed by Silvio Soldini, Carlo Verdone, Leone Pompucci, Nanni Moretti and the same Salvatores.
The film was created by Oscar-winning film director Gabriele Salvatores in collaboration with directors Guido Lazzarini and Fabio Scamoni.
In 1993 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in Gabriele Salvatores' Puerto Escondido.
He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others.
Gabriele Salvatores | Gabriele D'Annunzio | Gabriele Muccino | Gabriele Marcotti | Gabriele Mirabassi | Gabriele Amorth | Gabriele Reuter | Gabriele d'Annunzio | Al Gabriele | Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg | Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė | Gabriele Münter | Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann | Gabriele Allegra | Oronzio Gabriele Costa | Gabriele Veneziano | Gabriele Tredozi | Gabriele Rangone | Gabriele Pauli | Gabriele Nissim | Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek | Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic | Gabriele Falloppio | Gabriele Faerno | Gabriele della Genga Sermattei | Gabriele de' Gabrielli | Gabriele D’Annunzio | Gabriele Bühlmann | Gabriele Basilico | Gabriele Balducci |
She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm Not Scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004).
Among the numerous plays he took part in, are: A Midsummer Night's Dream, a rock musical from Shakespeare directed by Gabriele Salvatores; A Martian in Rome by Ennio Flaiano and directed by Antonio Salines; two stagings of Molière’s, Le Malade imaginaire and Tartuffe with veteran actor Franco Parenti.